Legal Opinion
Van Doren v. Mazurkiewicz
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided June 12, 1997PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DOYLE, Judge.
This case involves preliminary objections filed by the Attorney General of Pennsylvania and Joseph F. Mazurkiewicz (collectively, Respondents), the Superintendent of the State Correctional Institution-Rockview (SCI-Rockview), in response to the Petition for Review filed by Roy A. Van Doren, Jr., an inmate at SCI-Rockview, which challenges the constitutionality of the registration provisions for sex offenders set forth in 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 9791-9799.6, commonly known as “Megan’s Law.”1
This action was apparently precipitated by a memorandum circulated by Superintendent Mazurkiewicz,…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- Weaver v. GrahamSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
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- United States v. DixonSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
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3Cited by21 opinions
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